What Do Women Want (in order to cycle more)?

“If you want to know if an urban environment supports cycling, you can forget about all the detailed ‘bikeability indexes’—just measure the proportion of cyclists who are female,” says Jan Garrard, a senior lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, and author of several studies on biking and gender differences.

This is fascinating, and I wonder if they have the data broken down by age? In any case, it’s a well-rounded case that supports drastic need for cycling infrastructure. As this study says, we should have “improved mobility options for everyone”.

Denton is easy to ride because of its relatively small size, but Denton can also be difficult to ride because automotive transport is exponentially prioritized over people-first transit. That will only change if the citizens demand that people be prioritized over cars, a concept that I think the Denton square is struggling with right now.